£43,000,000 All Forces In accepting the picture on behalf the Queen and. himself, " Wis josly expressed his intention writing a personal letter of thanks to each of the four Premiers.
King Georye took the opportunity to hand to Mr. te Water, the Tigh Commissioner for South Afrien, the four new seals of the Union Great Seal, the Wafer Seal, Governor Generals' Seat Royal Signet.
The seals were first presented to the Ni Canberra, Mar. 24.
Mr, Joseph Lyons, the Common wealth" Prime Minister, announced the new three-year defence programme to-day, involving additional expenditure amounting to £24,880,- 000.
This sum is to be apportioned ax follows: Navy, £7,780,000; Army. £8,500,000; Air' Force, £8,800,000, Munitions, £2,800,000. 'The total cxpenditure' for' defence in the next {ihre years would be £43,000,000.
"The Government, the Prime Min ter declared, was buying from Gi Britain two erulserg completed in
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